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... Second . By Benjamin Kennicott , M. A. Fellow of Exeter - College , and Vicar of Culham in Oxfordshire . 8vo . 6s . Griffiths , & c . • I N a former Differtation , publifhed about fix years ago , the learned Author presented the public ...
... Second . By Benjamin Kennicott , M. A. Fellow of Exeter - College , and Vicar of Culham in Oxfordshire . 8vo . 6s . Griffiths , & c . • I N a former Differtation , publifhed about fix years ago , the learned Author presented the public ...
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... second edition ; our Au- thor replies , that it is plain , Sixtus never intended another edition , because he himself has corrected , either with his own own hand , or by printed words pafted on , of the Old Teftament confidered . 13.
... second edition ; our Au- thor replies , that it is plain , Sixtus never intended another edition , because he himself has corrected , either with his own own hand , or by printed words pafted on , of the Old Teftament confidered . 13.
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... second watch , keep an exact account of the time until the moon comes to it ; which time bears the fame proportion to the whole excefs in time for that day , as your Longitude does to the whole circumference of the globe . For example ...
... second watch , keep an exact account of the time until the moon comes to it ; which time bears the fame proportion to the whole excefs in time for that day , as your Longitude does to the whole circumference of the globe . For example ...
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... Second edition , ( as his former , upou Fruit - trees , has done ) he would be so just to himself and the public , as to get it revifed by fome perfon better acquainted with the rules of writing , than a mere practical Gardener or ...
... Second edition , ( as his former , upou Fruit - trees , has done ) he would be so just to himself and the public , as to get it revifed by fome perfon better acquainted with the rules of writing , than a mere practical Gardener or ...
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... Second . 12mo . 1760. Imported by Becket in the Strand . THE HE pieces contained in this volume are moftly of a lighter kind than those of the former . They carry with them , however , equal marks of authenticity , confifting chiefly of ...
... Second . 12mo . 1760. Imported by Becket in the Strand . THE HE pieces contained in this volume are moftly of a lighter kind than those of the former . They carry with them , however , equal marks of authenticity , confifting chiefly of ...
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Page 59 - Tho' he inherit Nor the pride, nor ample pinion, That the Theban eagle bear, Sailing with supreme dominion Thro' the azure deep of air: Yet oft before his infant eyes would run Such forms as glitter in the Muse's ray With orient hues...
Page 209 - Her voice came over the sea. Arindal my son descended from the hill ; rough in the spoils of the chase.
Page 374 - Oh, where's the Bard, who at one view Cou'd look the whole creation through, Who travers'd all the human heart, Without recourfe to Grecian art ? He...
Page 383 - ... mediation of anything else, by and through which their action and force may be conveyed from one to another, is to me so great an absurdity, that I believe no man who has in philosophical matters a competent faculty of thinking, can ever fall into it. Gravity must be caused by an agent acting constantly according to certain laws; but whether this agent be material or immaterial, I have left to the consideration of my readers.
Page 158 - Is thought too base for human breast: ' In all distresses of our friends, We first consult our private ends; While nature, kindly bent to ease us, Points out some circumstance to please us.
Page 388 - Center moves on uniformly in a right Line drawn in the Plane of their circular Motion; the Sum of the Motions of the two Globes, as often as the Globes are in the right Line described by their common Center of Gravity, will be bigger than the Sum of their Motions, when they are in a Line perpendicular to that right Line. By this Instance it appears that Motion may be got or lost...
Page 303 - ... particular that should happen amongst his acquaintance of the Royal Society, and other ingenious Gentlemen, many of whom I was weekly conversant with ; and I seldom missed drinking coffee with him on a Saturday, during the whole time of his retirement at Chelsea. He was so infirm as to be...
Page 70 - They feel the bliss that hope and faith supply; They pass serene th' appointed hours that bring The day that wafts them to the realms on high, The day that centers in eternal Spring.
Page 420 - Americans are adverse to war, because they have a great deal to lose; they take no care to manage the Indians from a belief that they stand in no need of them. The French youth, for very different reasons, abominate the thoughts of peace, and live well with the natives, whose esteem they easily gain in time of war, and their friendship at all...
Page 209 - The oar is stopped at once; he panted on the rock and expired. What is thy grief, O Daura, when round thy feet is poured thy brother's blood! the boat is broken in twain. Armar plunges into the sea, to rescue his Daura, or die. Sudden a blast from the hill came over the waves.